Gold Standard Stability Mechanism
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Under a gold standard with fixed exchange rates between currency and physical gold, the system is self-stabilizing through automatic interest rate mechanisms: if a run on gold threatens, interest rates rise to make domestic currency deposits more attractive than physical gold, stopping the run and reverting to equilibrium. This contrasts with fiat systems where runs cannot be stopped without currency destruction.
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